Power restored, area deemed danger free after gas eruption at Diamond

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has deemed the area in close proximity of the ‘gas explosion’ site at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) as “danger free”.

Kemraj Parsram, the EPA’s Executive Director (ag), told News Room Saturday that further tests at the location where a domestic water well erupted Thursday night confirmed that there are low levels of natural gas in the atmosphere.

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